WMTW NEWS 8'S JIM KEITHLEY REPORTS FROM THE FIRE SCENE. THE CLARK FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE WOODEN PALLET BUSINESS SINCE THE 1970S...A SECTION OF THEIR EXPANSIVE PLANT - "CLARK'S PALLET" WENT UP IN FLAMES THIS MORNING ABOUT 9:30. <> "LUCKILY, IT'S IN THE OLD PART OF THE BUILDING THAT'S JUST FOR STORAGE. THER USED TO BE AN OLD GRAIN ELEVATOR IN THERE." FIREFIGHTERS FROM MORE THAN A HALF DOZEN TOWNS CONVERGED ON THE SCENE --SOME CLIMBING UP LADDERS AND HAD TO CUT A HOLE IN THE METAL ROOF TO VENT THE SMOKE.. EMPLOYEES ARE BEING CREDITED FOR THEIR QUICK THINKING WHICH MAY HAVE SAVED THE BUILDING. <> "THEY DID WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF, THEY BACK OUT AND EVACUATED BUT THEY SLOWED IT DOWN GIVING US AMPLE TIME, KEEP IT ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING." THE PALLET- MAKING AREA IS FURTHER DOWN IN THE BUILDING WHERE THERE IS EXPENSIVE AUTOMATIC NAILING MACHINES. <> "WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT STARTED FROM A HEATING APPLIANCE VENT." NOBODY WAS HURT, FIRE CHIEF SAYS HE GRATEFUL THERE WERE NO INJURIES...BUT ADMITS THIS FIRE HAD ALL THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGER. <> "EVERYBODY KNOWS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HOW DANGEROUS FIRE FIGHTING CAN BE. MIXED WITH WOOD YO GOT PLENTY OF A FIRE LOAD, SAWDUST, CONDITIONS AR PRIME FOR IT." <> "BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WILL SEND AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPEC THE SCENE. THE CHIEF SAYS THEY WILL PRETTY BE HERE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY PUTT

Firefighters from more than a half dozen fire departments battled a fire at Clark's Pallet in Mount Vernon.The wooden pallet business has been in business since the 1970s. Fire officials say employees were quick thinking to contain the fire as much as possible. The fire did not impact the expensive part of the building, which houses the automatic nailing machines.No one was injured.The State Fire Marshal's Office will investigate the cause.WMTW News 8's Jim Keithley has the story.

Firefighters from more than a half dozen fire departments battled a fire at Clark's Pallet in Mount Vernon.

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The wooden pallet business has been in business since the 1970s.

Fire officials say employees were quick thinking to contain the fire as much as possible.

The fire did not impact the expensive part of the building, which houses the automatic nailing machines.